Georgian eggplant appetizer

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Ingredients needed to prepare Georgian eggplant appetizer with satsivi paste.

2. STEP 2

   

   Cut the eggplants into strips about one centimeter thick, place them in a convenient container, sprinkle salt on all sides so that the slices give juice and remove the bitterness from them.

3. STEP 3

   

   Grind two hundred and fifty grams of walnuts with a blender in a convenient container.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add to the container with the walnuts three cloves of garlic, fifty grams of parsley, fifty grams of cilantro, half a teaspoon of red hot pepper, half a teaspoon of saffron, one teaspoon of suneli hops, salt to taste and grind until smooth.

5. STEP 5

   

   Roughly chop the onion head.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add a head of chopped onion to the container with the previous ingredients, pour in five tablespoons of vegetable oil, chop and get homemade Georgian-style satsivi paste, which we transfer to a plate, then add one teaspoon of grape vinegar.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the eggplants, squeezed out of their juice, and fry them in a frying pan heated on the stove with vegetable oil added to it.

8. STEP 8

   

   Fry the eggplants on both sides until golden brown and place all excess fat on a napkin to drain.

9. STEP 9

   

   We serve the eggplants beautifully on a plate, combining them with satsivi pasta.

10. STEP 10

    

    For contrast, we decorate the prepared eggplant appetizer with Georgian-style satsivi paste with tomato.